RaiderBoy 19 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 as it says above i have an albino jill of about 3/4 years old and she is losing the fur on the end of her tail, she has been neutered and her cage is cleaned out every day so she is not walking on wet shavings any ideas THL ?. i will put pictures up if needed. Raiderboy Quote Link to post
kristian 9 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Can't help you mate but i would also like to know the answer as my hob (albino) has exactly the same thing happening to him, The underside of his tail is going bald? strange how it's only him and none of the other 3? Hopefully someone will know the answer! Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 they call it rats tail , its quite common in ferrets nothing to worry about Quote Link to post
RaiderBoy 19 Posted July 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 they call it rats tail , its quite common in ferrets nothing to worry about cheers kay, is there any way to stop it? because i want to get into showing her and i think this would ruin my chances. she is the one in my profile picture and this only started to happen about 6 weeks ago. Raiderboy Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 they call it rats tail , its quite common in ferrets nothing to worry about cheers kay, is there any way to stop it? because i want to get into showing her and i think this would ruin my chances. she is the one in my profile picture and this only started to happen about 6 weeks ago. Raiderboy it shouldnt make any difference when showing , imo any judge who made a song & dance over it shouldnt be doing the job in the first place Quote Link to post
RaiderBoy 19 Posted July 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 they call it rats tail , its quite common in ferrets nothing to worry about cheers kay, is there any way to stop it? because i want to get into showing her and i think this would ruin my chances. she is the one in my profile picture and this only started to happen about 6 weeks ago. Raiderboy it shouldnt make any difference when showing , imo any judge who made a song & dance over it shouldnt be doing the job in the first place Cheers kay Quote Link to post
ferret1 6 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 My Polecat Hob has had the same thing happen. Dont worry about it the same thing happened last year and it grew back. Quote Link to post
bullmastiff 615 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 You sure it's not worms? have you seen the Ferret chewing at it's bum/base of the tail? Quote Link to post
sue 1 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 does it look like this Quote Link to post
The one 8,511 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Aye its rat tail hormal at this time of year cause it i reckon they should soon be back to normal hopefully Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 There molting their coats, ready for a winter coat... Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 There molting their coats, ready for a winter coat... Funny you should say that, only one of my jills has moulted fully into her summer coat, and one of my hobs is just starting! Quote Link to post
RaiderBoy 19 Posted July 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 You sure it's not worms? have you seen the Ferret chewing at it's bum/base of the tail? my other gill does this all the time, i think its time to have them wormed. whats the best wormer to use for ferret? Raiderboy Quote Link to post
howler 0 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 when mine get like that i use tea tree oil on them and it grows back in about 1 week ,,jas Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 There molting their coats, ready for a winter coat... Funny you should say that, only one of my jills has moulted fully into her summer coat, and one of my hobs is just starting! My adult is nice & tidy looking now , you just get the coat right & they shed back to the winter coat Quote Link to post
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